Syria accepted about 32 Soviet advisors, but especially officers of its air force just couldn’t stand the Soviets: one of their…
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Watch Algerian MiG-25 Foxbats taking part in Joint Air Defense Exercise with NATO Fighters
by Dario LeoneFrom time to time, Algerian Foxbats participate in joint exercises with NATO-members. Brought to my attention by Kheiro Hussein, a reader of The Aviation…
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A quick look at Algerian Foxbats: the only MiG-25 Fighters to Take Part in NATO Exercises
by Tom CooperHaving signed contract in 1978, Algeria was the first export customer for MiG-25 Foxbat. MiG-25PDS’are still operational today. Algeria was the…
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That Time Gaddafi Scrambled 70 Fighters to Intercept US Navy Aircraft that Crossed the Line of Death
by Dario LeoneNo less than 35 pairs of Libyan interceptors, including a total of 70 MiG-23MS’s, MiG-25Ps, Mirage F.1s, and even Su-22s, Su-22Ms…
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F-14 Vs MiG-25: when U.S. Navy Tomcats outmanoeuvred Gaddafi’s Foxbats over the Gulf of Sidra
by Dario LeoneWhen the U.S. Navy’s SAG violated what Libyans considered their territorial waters, two MiG-25 Foxbats forward-deployed at Benina AB were scrambled…
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MiG-25 pilot who shot down Speicher’s F/A-18, could have shot down an A-6 too. But he was ordered to RTB because Iraqi GCI feared he was engaging an IrAF MiG-29.
by Dario Leone“I wondered what the missile would look like as it came off his wing toward us,” Cdr Robert Besal, A-6 Intruder…
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During Operation Desert Storm IrAF MiG-25s claimed to have shot down a USAF F-15C. And a Bedouin smuggler confirmed the kill.
by Dario LeoneIrAF MiG-25s were involved in Operation Samurrá, the IrAF’s last attempt at engaging the American F-15Cs. By Jan. 28, 1991 some…
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You can’t be my wingman anytime: MiG-31 Mistakenly shoots down another MiG-31
by Dario LeoneThe Foxhound was brought down by another MiG-31 which fired an R-33 air-to-air missile mistakenly. As we have reported two years…
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Iraqi MiG-25 Foxbat Pilot explains how he was able to shoot down Lt Cdr Speicher’s F/A-18 Hornet the first night of Operation Desert Storm
by Dario Leone“I locked a target 38km [20.5 miles] from me and at 29km [15.6 miles] I fired [the] R-40RD missile from under…
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How the defection of Viktor Belenko inspired Clint Eastwood’s Firefox
by Dario LeoneBelenko’s defection was mentioned in the novel Firefox by Craig Thomas, on which Clint Eastwood’s movie is based. On Sep. 6,…
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